Zachary Daniels Finance is delighted to be partnering with one of the UK's best-known retail & consumer businesses to recruit a Senior Finance Analyst.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to accelerate their finance career within a close-knit team, while benefiting from the development opportunities and career potential of a much larger organisation. You'll gain broad exposure across finance rather than being confined to one specialist area, making this a strong platform for someone who wants to learn, develop and progress.
The career opportunity is genuine. This vacancy has arisen following the internal promotion, providing a great example of where strong performance can lead within the business.
The role
Reporting into the Finance Manager, you'll join the wider team working across a much broader remit than a traditional position of this type.
Responsibilities will include:
Taking ownership of debtors and creditors reporting as part of month-end close
Reviewing balance sheet reconciliations and investigating variances
Maintaining oversight of cash balances and bank reconciliations
Supporting cashflow forecasting and working capital analysis
Supporting VAT accounting within a more complex VAT environment
Working with tax and payroll teams to ensure accurate accounting and reporting
Collaborating closely with P2P and O2C teams
Providing support through the external audit process
Gaining exposure to areas including cost of sales and wider business partnering
Working with operational stakeholders to help them understand and manage debt within their areas
Identifying opportunities to improve controls, automate processes and eliminate unnecessary activityAbout you
We're not looking for someone who has already done every element of the role. The fundamentals, attitude, and willingness to learn are more important.
You'll ideally have:
ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification, either part-qualified, finalist or recently qualified
Strong practical accounting fundamentals and a good understanding of debits and credits
Experience of month-end accounting and balance sheet reconciliations
Some exposure to VAT
Strong Excel skills
The ability to understand the numbers rather than simply follow a process
Good communication skills and the confidence to work with different stakeholders
A willingness to get involved across a broad finance remit and continue learningWe're open to candidates coming from industry or accountancy practice. Someone moving from practice into their first industry finance role could be particularly well suited, as could an industry-trained accountant looking for greater breadth, scale and career opportunity.
Previous retail experience, working capital exposure, SAP or Power BI would be useful, but isn't essential.
The opportunity
You'll join a close-knit finance team where you'll get visibility across different areas of the business, while also having access to the scale and career opportunities of a much larger organisation.
It's an environment where you can build strong technical foundations, gain commercial exposure and work alongside experienced finance professionals. As your experience develops, there are opportunities to progress into different areas of finance and potentially into leadership.
The role is based in Nottingham.
Alongside a salary of £45,000 - £50,000, you'll receive an excellent wider benefits package including pension, employee discounts, enhanced family leave and a broad flexible benefits offering.
For an ambitious part-qualified, finalist or newly qualified accountant who wants breadth, development and the opportunity to build a long-term finance career, this is an opportunity well worth exploring.
Zachary Daniels is a Niche, National & International Recruitment Consultancy.
Specialising in Buying, Merchandising & Ecommerce | Design, Technical, Wholesale & Production | Finance | HR & Talent | H&S & Compliance | Marketing, Digital & Technology | Property & Centre Management | Retail Operations.
Zachary Daniels is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
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Salary description
£45000.00 - £50000.00 per year